Outdoors · Stow

Stow, ME parks, trails & bike paths

About 29% of Stow is conserved land, roughly 4,523 acres. There are about 43 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Stow, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Stow outdoors

Conserved land
29%
4,523 of 15,481 acres
Trails
43 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 23 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

John A. Segur Wildlife Refuge - West Unit

Managed by Greater Lovell Land Trust
149 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Long Meadow Brook Reserve

Managed by Greater Lovell Land Trust
96 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Charles Pond Reserve

Managed by Greater Lovell Land Trust
52 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Sabra-Creeper Hill Reserve

Managed by Greater Lovell Land Trust
25 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

4,523 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
3,724 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
1,383 ac
State fish & wildlife
2 ac
Not recorded
12 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 593 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 11 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Stow and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Stow29.2%42.6 mi4
Lovell14.8%47.4 mi17
Chatham81.7%81.9 mi3
Fryeburg12.4%34.2 mi21
Stoneham62.6%40.8 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Stow's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20.8-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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